Malala sends help to the girls back home

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Malala said the grant of $45,000 would be given to an unnamed organisation in PakistanAFP/Getty Images

Published at 12:01AM, April 6 2013

It was the happiest moment of her life for Malala Yousafzai as she announced the first donation from her education charity that is supported by Angelina Jolie, the actress.

The Pakistani schoolgirl, brought to England after being shot in the head by the Taleban, appeared in a video played at the Women in the World summit, in New York.

Malala, who now attends Edgbaston High School for Girls, in Birmingham, said the grant of $45,000 (£29,500) would be given to an unnamed organisation in the Swat Valley, in Pakistan. It will go to support the education of 40 girls, aged